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back to you. >> jim cantore from mobile, alabama, thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need to rush out of here because you have gotten a call back to d.c. you let me know. plirt coe reporting today, as of christmas day, they do not have the standard warning to come back to washington to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff. it's boehner and other gop leaders aren't going to herd 433 lawmakers back to town with nothing to do. when you hear that, and you know what's been going on and what's expected of you in the new year, what are your hopes for something small, maybe not as ambitious as a grand bargain but something small getting done before january 1st? >> i would l
back to you. >> jim cantore from mobile, alabama, thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need...
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. >> that was the weather channel's jim cantore right there and mike seidel reporting. in a few minutes, we'll have the forecast on where the storm is headed today. that's just ahead in weather. >>> but right now, unfortunately, we turn to politics. as if tax hikes and spending cuts weren't enough, there's a new reminder that the nation's debt ceiling is also hanging over the budget talks in washington. in a letter to congress yesterday, treasury secretary timothy geithner warned the government would hit its legal borrowing limit by monday. without the okay to borrow more, geithner says the treasury will be forced to take "extraordinary measures" to keep paying the bills. so, that makes the government like the rest of us. he also referenced the impending fiscal cliff, which threatens to derail the economy if a compromise isn't be reached by next week on those big, unanswered issues. with both sides locked in a standoff, house republicans are calling on senate democrats to act first. democrats aren't budging much on their demands. they want to extend tax cuts on incomes
. >> that was the weather channel's jim cantore right there and mike seidel reporting. in a few minutes, we'll have the forecast on where the storm is headed today. that's just ahead in weather. >>> but right now, unfortunately, we turn to politics. as if tax hikes and spending cuts weren't enough, there's a new reminder that the nation's debt ceiling is also hanging over the budget talks in washington. in a letter to congress yesterday, treasury secretary timothy geithner warned...
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we begin with meteorologist jim cantore in hattiesburg, mississippi. >> reporter: this tornado outbreak is far from over. we've already had damage with injuries off to my south. and we are just under way with this multifaceted storm. there's no reason why birmingham and atlanta will not deal with severe thunderstorms. travel not recommended, arkansas all the way up into kentucky, southern illinois, missouri. that's where the blizzard conditions, nine states right now under blizzard conditions. on wednesday, our severe weather threat shifts over to the carolinas as the snow shifts up to the great lakes, in northern pennsylvania and new york. wednesday night, the low starts to redevelop on the coast pulling the cold air in but not enough to create a major snow event for the northeast i-95 cities. so we should be doing okay there. but still, nonetheless, snowy travel for many across the appalachians and northern new england. going back to wednesday, d.c., certainly impacted. pittsburgh, on back into cleveland, all these airports where we expect the snow, there will be severe weather in ral
we begin with meteorologist jim cantore in hattiesburg, mississippi. >> reporter: this tornado outbreak is far from over. we've already had damage with injuries off to my south. and we are just under way with this multifaceted storm. there's no reason why birmingham and atlanta will not deal with severe thunderstorms. travel not recommended, arkansas all the way up into kentucky, southern illinois, missouri. that's where the blizzard conditions, nine states right now under blizzard...
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." >>> in mobile, alabama, for us this morning, jim cantore. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. storm prediction center said we had as many as 34 tornadoes yesterday. average for the month of december is 26. church behind me here heavily damaged, two sections of the roof have been torn off and dropped below. christmas morning, that church was full of people and parishioners attending christmas service. power poles have been taken down as well. the last thing people in mobile expected on christmas day was to be cleaning up after a tornado. >> oh, my god! look at that. >> reporter: this was the scene in downtown mobile, alabama, late tuesday afternoon, a tornado touched down in the city of about 200,000. >> oh, wow! check that tornado out. it's been on the ground now for over a minute. >> reporter: the christmas day tornado damaged buildings, brought down trees, power lines and ripped through the wall of this church. workers in the area describe the scary moments. >> praying for everybody and everyone was kind of like in panic mod
." >>> in mobile, alabama, for us this morning, jim cantore. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. storm prediction center said we had as many as 34 tornadoes yesterday. average for the month of december is 26. church behind me here heavily damaged, two sections of the roof have been torn off and dropped below. christmas morning, that church was full of people and parishioners attending christmas service. power poles have been taken down as well. the last thing...
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the weather channel's jim cantore is live in mobile, alabama. jim. >> reporter: this area taking it on the chin last night. maybe a four or five mile path with a tornado at least from here in the low ef-2 to ef-1 range. winds over 100 miles an hour. the damage extensive. the slate roof, two pieces are laying off at the bottom. tree damage quite substantial here, right where this 100 mile path of the tornado was. power crews have been out all night. what a job they have done in alabama. 40,000 people last night losing power. they're now down to 7,000 statewide and about 4900 here in the city of mobile and it's because of guys like this really out here in the bucket, up in these trees doing a pretty intricate job of cutting around a lot of these power lines so they can get a new pole back up and eventually get power back on. a tremendous job by the state of alabama in getting the power back on when you remember back a few weeks ago of how many people waited two weeks, three weeks, four weeks to get the power back on after sandy. granted, this is n
the weather channel's jim cantore is live in mobile, alabama. jim. >> reporter: this area taking it on the chin last night. maybe a four or five mile path with a tornado at least from here in the low ef-2 to ef-1 range. winds over 100 miles an hour. the damage extensive. the slate roof, two pieces are laying off at the bottom. tree damage quite substantial here, right where this 100 mile path of the tornado was. power crews have been out all night. what a job they have done in alabama....
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jim cantore in mobile, alabama. twisters hit yesterday, quite a few, i think, right, jim? >> reporter: yeah. the storm prediction center says 34, our severe weather expert who tracks tornadoes and sees which are duplicated says 19. which for whatever it's worth is a record day for tornadoes on christmas. the previous record was 1969 with 12 tornadoes. guys, here's the deal. now we have tornado season in the middle of winter. and that seems to be what happens nowadays. you see behind me this church was pretty heavily damaged. look at the roof. two sections ripped off. then dropped below. and given the fact that this debris was just dropped off down here, i'm going to probably estimate these winds somewhere in the 90 to 100 mile-per-hour range. so probably ef-1, maybe ef-2 damage. they typically go along the tornado path and look at the damage to assess an actual rating if you will in terms of what that damage is. behind me, a lot of cleanup here on dauphin street. the crews will be cleaning the debris. you see the power lines hanging over. draping over there. some of the tr
jim cantore in mobile, alabama. twisters hit yesterday, quite a few, i think, right, jim? >> reporter: yeah. the storm prediction center says 34, our severe weather expert who tracks tornadoes and sees which are duplicated says 19. which for whatever it's worth is a record day for tornadoes on christmas. the previous record was 1969 with 12 tornadoes. guys, here's the deal. now we have tornado season in the middle of winter. and that seems to be what happens nowadays. you see behind me...
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they provided no details about the negotiation, you know why, jim? because boner got too drunk and passed out. >> more bar snacks! >> stephanie: senator tom coalburn became the latest to break ranks. eric cantor said republicans want to sit down with the president. we want to talk specifics. but the fact that we can't include any in our plan -- >> we're saving them up. >> stephanie: right. aids are speculating that obama is willing to let america go over the cliff -- >> by the they are not a tax increase, they are cuts that were supposed to expire years ago. >> stephanie: thank you. the size of the problem cannot be solved without taxes going up. >> we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. but we need the conceptual break through that says we need to do an balanced plan. >> stephanie: someone is going to do that internet thing with hitler -- >> oh, they already have. >> oh, several versions. >> stephanie: yeah. okay. the president. >> i'll be here and i'll be available at any moment said the president about getting serious to
they provided no details about the negotiation, you know why, jim? because boner got too drunk and passed out. >> more bar snacks! >> stephanie: senator tom coalburn became the latest to break ranks. eric cantor said republicans want to sit down with the president. we want to talk specifics. but the fact that we can't include any in our plan -- >> we're saving them up. >> stephanie: right. aids are speculating that obama is willing to let america go over the cliff --...
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something that he knew would implode. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: yeah, you are right, jim. he is looking a little bouncy. >> he is a little too happy right now. [ laughter ] >> he is a little less bitch faced. >> stephanie: dana in maryland. >> caller: happy holidays to everybody. happy new year. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: and my friend nancy is here again -- oh and there's pety. >> stephanie: oh he's just a sandsome man. >> caller: she got her name because she has a black shot around her eye, and he played a boy dog was she was really a girl dog, so we were -- >> stephanie: i have my rescue hat on. people kept sending me pictures of great pyrenees in their homes. >> caller: yeah we always rescue them. but with the mentally ill, we don't take care of them as far back as reagan shutting all of those institutions and putting them on the street. it's a stigma and it's an embarrassment it really is and the republicans are gutting funds for what we need to take care of these sick people. >> stephanie: yeah there are consequences to ignoring that. all right. twenty-nine
something that he knew would implode. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: yeah, you are right, jim. he is looking a little bouncy. >> he is a little too happy right now. [ laughter ] >> he is a little less bitch faced. >> stephanie: dana in maryland. >> caller: happy holidays to everybody. happy new year. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: and my friend nancy is here again -- oh and there's pety. >> stephanie: oh he's just a sandsome man. >>...